diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b64560e6e85..c4d7ef79354 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Note: Can be used with `oxsecurity/megalinter@beta` in your GitHub Action mega-l
 
 - Fixes
   - Change name of config file for powershell formatter to avoid collision with powershell linter config
+  - Run Docker container as current user rather than root ([#1975](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/issues/1975))
 
 - Linter versions upgrades
   - [prettier](https://prettier.io/) from 2.8.1 to **2.8.2** on 2023-01-07
diff --git a/mega-linter-runner/lib/runner.js b/mega-linter-runner/lib/runner.js
index 79a8da5c369..b24baeda03f 100644
--- a/mega-linter-runner/lib/runner.js
+++ b/mega-linter-runner/lib/runner.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const optionsDefinition = require("./options");
 const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
 const c = require("chalk");
 const path = require("path");
+const { getgid, getuid } = require("process");
 const which = require("which");
 const fs = require("fs-extra");
 const { MegaLinterUpgrader } = require("./upgrade");
@@ -127,6 +128,9 @@ ERROR: Docker engine has not been found on your system.
     if (options["containerName"]) {
       commandArgs.push(...["--name", options["containerName"]]);
     }
+    if (getuid && getgid) {
+      commandArgs.push(...["--user", `${getuid()}:${getgid()}`]);
+    }
     commandArgs.push(...["-v", "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:rw"]);
     commandArgs.push(...["-v", `${lintPath}:/tmp/lint:rw`]);
     if (options.fix === true) {